2011 National Household Survey: Data tables

Mother Tongue (8), Detailed Language Spoken Most Often at Home (111), Other
Language Spoken Regularly at Home (9), Generation Status (4), Age Groups
(10C) and Sex (3) for the Population Aged 15 Years and Over, in Private
Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and
Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey

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Other language spoken regularly at home (9)

Generation status (4)

Age groups (10C)

Sex (3)

Canada 1

Global non-response rate (GNR) 2 = 26.1 %

Mother tongue (8)

English French
Detailed language Total - English and and
spoken most often at Mother Non-official and non-official non-official non-official
home (111) tongue English French language French language language

Total - Detailed language

spoken most often at
home 27,259,525 15,258,565 5,889,225 5,756,460 42,635 260,875 47,630

Single responses 26,560,355 15,207,800 5,851,745 5,274,710 34,095 160,175 29,185

English 17,706,165 15,070,050 407,950 2,071,575 23,005 125,285 6,805

French 5,704,450 72,105 5,430,615 172,575 10,700 1,175 16,860

Non-official
languages 3,149,745 65,650 13,175 3,030,560 395 33,710 5,525

Selected
Aboriginal
languages 3 74,475 1,880 140 71,965 0 430 55
Selected
Aboriginal
3
languages 74,475 1,880 140 71,965 0 430 55

Atikamekw 3,175 0 20 3,155 0 0 0

Cree, n.o.s. 28,965 905 50 27,795 0 190 20

Dene 5,265 85 0 5,095 0 80 0

Innu/Montagnais 6,550 10 40 6,475 0 10 15

Inuktitut 17,245 285 25 16,870 0 50 10

Mi'kmaq 3,095 100 0 2,970 0 20 0

Ojibway 4,965 275 0 4,625 0 55 10

Oji-Cree 3,795 150 0 3,610 0 25 0

Stoney 1,430 55 0 1,360 0 10 0

Selected
non-Aboriginal
languages 4 3,052,525 62,295 12,665 2,938,545 390 32,600 5,310

African
languages, n.i.e. 2,815 100 0 2,690 0 0 0

Afrikaans 3,440 60 0 3,340 0 40 0

Akan (Twi) 5,855 525 0 5,205 0 125 0

Albanian 11,320 50 20 11,110 0 35 100

Amharic 8,945 105 0 8,780 0 40 0

Arabic 141,790 2,845 2,205 132,560 40 1,845 2,120

Armenian 17,095 110 105 16,620 0 165 55

Bantu
languages, n.i.e. 1,660 30 0 1,590 0 25 0

Bengali 33,205 640 40 31,555 0 925 0

Berber
languages
(Kabyle) 1,535 0 45 1,460 0 0 30

Bisayan
languages 6,205 335 0 5,665 0 210 0

Bosnian 6,010 35 0 5,930 0 0 0

Bulgarian 9,865 125 25 9,690 0 25 0

Burmese 1,965 25 0 1,915 0 25 0

Cantonese 276,865 4,915 110 269,210 0 2,550 50

Chinese, n.o.s. 255,610 4,530 355 248,920 75 1,620 85

Creoles 27,445 530 2,335 23,700 75 135 650

Croatian 17,550 125 15 17,330 0 75 0

Czech 5,660 20 0 5,625 0 0 0

Danish 740 45 0 690 0 0 0

Dutch 9,115 105 0 8,950 0 35 0

Estonian 1,230 0 0 1,215 0 0 0

Dutch 9,115 105 0 8,950 0 35 0

Estonian 1,230 0 0 1,215 0 0 0

Finnish 2,720 30 0 2,680 0 0 0

Flemish 350 0 0 325 0 0 0

Fukien 1,775 15 0 1,735 0 20 0

German 66,950 615 125 65,745 0 375 80

Greek 47,285 860 100 45,875 0 390 30

Gujarati 47,295 1,200 0 45,175 0 875 25

Hakka 1,900 75 0 1,795 0 15 0

Hebrew 6,630 380 190 5,945 0 90 0

Hindi 42,745 1,915 0 39,620 0 1,200 0

Hungarian 18,255 165 0 18,030 0 35 0

Ilocano 7,910 240 0 7,400 0 250 0

Indo-Iranian
languages, n.i.e. 2,125 45 0 2,050 0 20 0

Italian 134,915 2,640 645 130,660 45 715 150

Japanese 15,805 495 50 15,055 0 165 30

Khmer
(Cambodian) 11,355 195 200 10,820 0 95 35

Korean 92,645 1,645 15 90,460 0 520 0

Kurdish 5,095 70 0 4,875 0 145 0

Lao 7,065 190 150 6,650 0 50 0

Latvian 1,560 0 0 1,545 0 0 0

Lingala 1,030 0 135 850 0 0 40

Lithuanian 1,940 0 0 1,935 0 0 0

Macedonian 6,655 95 0 6,520 0 30 0

Malay 3,400 55 0 3,345 0 0 0

Malayalam 6,560 235 0 6,205 0 120 0

Maltese 1,075 45 0 1,005 0 20 0

Mandarin 179,320 1,805 75 176,580 0 835 0

Marathi 2,315 55 0 2,205 0 55 0

Nepali 6,260 25 0 6,180 0 50 0

Niger-Congo
languages, n.i.e. 2,960 105 55 2,720 0 50 20

Norwegian 360 0 0 350 0 0 0

Oromo 3,505 0 25 3,415 0 0 30

Panjabi
(Punjabi) 263,480 4,705 0 255,685 0 3,035 15

Pashto 6,405 60 0 6,265 0 55 0

Persian (Farsi) 103,845 1,315 170 101,545 0 690 70

Polish 79,145 1,085 100 77,555 0 365 20

Pashto 6,405 60 0 6,265 0 55 0

Persian (Farsi) 103,845 1,315 170 101,545 0 690 70

Polish 79,145 1,085 100 77,555 0 365 20

Portuguese 90,225 1,880 275 87,315 0 620 125

Romanian 43,020 305 370 42,125 0 105 110

Rundi (Kirundi) 1,065 0 45 995 0 0 0

Russian 95,140 1,265 265 92,935 0 535 90

Rwanda
(Kinyarwanda) 965 0 100 835 0 0 35

Semitic
languages, n.i.e. 10,250 80 0 10,120 0 55 0

Serbian 29,725 215 60 29,345 0 85 0

Serbo-Croatian 4,500 25 20 4,440 0 15 0

Shanghainese 1,410 20 0 1,360 0 0 0

Sign languages,
n.i.e. 4,575 1,780 245 2,345 0 170 30

Sindhi 4,245 260 0 3,910 0 70 0

Sinhala
(Sinhalese) 6,080 165 0 5,760 0 145 0

Sino-Tibetan
languages, n.i.e. 2,405 0 0 2,405 0 0 0

Slavic
languages, n.i.e. 885 75 0 805 0 0 0

Slovak 4,150 0 0 4,075 0 15 0

Slovenian 2,235 65 0 2,130 0 0 0

Somali 13,545 470 35 12,945 0 70 10

Spanish 202,630 4,205 2,095 194,390 30 1,400 450

Swahili 2,910 80 155 2,600 0 20 45

Swedish 805 35 0 755 0 0 0

Tagalog
(Pilipino,
Filipino) 175,685 6,965 0 162,525 0 6,155 35

Taiwanese 4,850 25 0 4,835 0 0 0

Tamil 90,805 2,820 100 86,325 0 1,495 45

Telugu 4,210 260 0 3,815 0 135 0

Thai 2,645 45 0 2,550 0 40 0

Tibetan
languages 3,160 30 0 3,075 0 55 0

Tigrigna 4,025 75 0 3,925 0 0 0

Turkish 14,930 175 90 14,515 0 125 30

Ukrainian 21,750 380 30 21,185 0 140 0

Urdu 81,345 1,990 15 77,290 0 2,015 30

Vietnamese 96,085 2,825 1,265 90,770 30 800 380

 Ukrainian 21,750 380 30 21,185 0 140 0

Urdu 81,345 1,990 15 77,290 0 2,015 30

Vietnamese 96,085 2,825 1,265 90,770 30 800 380

Yiddish 3,720 90 0 3,585 0 30 0

Other languages
5
22,745 1,475 370 20,055 0 685 165

Multiple responses 699,165 50,760 37,485 481,745 8,545 100,700 18,445

English and French 48,085 8,535 26,625 3,720 8,235 250 490

English and
non-official language 571,250 41,460 1,495 426,065 115 99,650 2,025

French and
non-official language 71,695 380 8,680 47,055 55 345 14,965

English, French and

non-official language 8,135 390 685 4,900 135 455 965

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x suppressed to meet the confidentiality requirements of the Statistics Act

F too unreliable to be published

Footnote(s)

1 Excludes National Household Survey data for one or more incompletely enumerated Indian
reserves or Indian settlements.

2 For the 2011 National Household Survey (NHS) estimates, the global non-response rate
(GNR) is used as an indicator of data quality. This indicator combines complete
non-response (household) and partial non-response (question) into a single rate. The value
of the GNR is presented to users. A smaller GNR indicates a lower risk of non-response
bias and as a result, lower risk of inaccuracy. The threshold used for estimates'
suppression is a GNR of 50% or more. For more information, please refer to the National
Household Survey User Guide, 2011.

3 Selected Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the Aboriginal mother tongues most often
reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011 Census of Population.

4 Selected non-Aboriginal languages

The languages shown were selected based on the non-Aboriginal mother tongues (other
than English or French) most often reported as single responses in Canada in the 2011
Census of Population.

5 Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately
here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the
2011 Census Dictionary.
 5 Other languages
This is a subtotal of all languages collected by the census that are not displayed separately
here. For a full list of languages collected in the census, please refer to Appendix D in the
2011 Census Dictionary.

Source: Statistics Canada, 2011 National Household Survey, Statistics Canada Catalogue no.
99-010-X2011041.